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Morgan Wallen Recaps 2023: ‘I Try Not To Take It For Granted’

Author Nancy Brooks // Country Writer, Beasley Media Group

Morgan Wallen, who doesn’t often post to social media, posted a 2023 recap video on his Instagram.

The video opens with Morgan saying on a boat in Australia, “It’s nice just sometimes to take a quiet moment, you know? There’s a lot of people who work hard that don’t get to experience this kind of stuff, so I try not to take it for granted.”

The video shows the year’s highlights, including touring overseas, big sold-out stadiums in the U.S., and award wins. Standing with his many Billboard Music Award wins from 2023, he says in the video, “Last award show I went to, we came home empty-handed, and this one, I don’t have enough hands for ’em all.”

Wallen captioned the post on Instagram, “A year of some valley lows and some mountaintop highs. But a year that I will forever hold dear. Thank you all for being so good to me, for allowing me to create with freedom, and for showing up on the road with the best energy I’ve ever seen. Let’s do it again.”

See that post here.

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Just days before Christmas, Wallen appeared in the new music video for a track from Drake’s Scary Hours 3, called “You Broke My Heart.”

Morgan plays a close friend who helps him through a breakup. Drake’s video starts with a conversation between the rapper and the country singer, drinking wine in a luxury restaurant. Wallen pauses, “I gotta tell ya…” and Drake says, “I know you want to say it.” Wallen shakes his head, “I didn’t like her. I think she might have been the wrong girl anyway.”

“Well, what now?” the rapper asks, then says, “I’m kind of glad she’s gone.”

After the two cheer on one another, they decide to hit the town. Drake says, “Let’s see what else is out there. That’s what we need to do.”

See that NSFW video here.

The video is Morgan’s latest foray into hip-hop. He expressed that he is a fan of the genre and previously reached No. 1 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart for his 2021 collaboration with Lil Durk, “Broadway Girls.”

Top Five Country Music Bachelors

  • Bailey Zimmerman

    Bailey is currently Morgan Wallen’s opening act on his 2023 “One Night At A Time” stadium tour. Zimmerman, who is just 23 years old, told us recently just how his love life is going as his country music star continues to rise. He said, “Just speaking for me, my love life has been… It’s crazy. I believe in God like really, really heavy. I’ve learned that he is gonna show you things that you don’t think are gonna happen, like, ‘You’re gonna find this girl, and you think, ‘Oh, no, I might fall in love.’ Then all of a sudden, she breaks your heart, and you write another banger of a heartache song, and then you have no idea what God has next in store for you.”

    He doesn’t ever post about a girl on his social media, but he does seem to have fun every day.

  • Dustin Lynch

    Dustin went for years without a girlfriend, and then a few years ago, he found a woman named Kelli Seymour, who he thought was the one for him. They have since broken up, and Lynch told People at the time of the breakup that she “ghosted him.” He noted that he had no regret about the relationship and that “It was one of those ‘We didn’t survive quarantine’ relationships.” He said that through the relationship, he learned much about himself and what he wants in a future partner. From the looks of his social media, the country hitmaker has been going out with friends and may very well be searching for the new love of his life.

  • Chris Young

    Chris has made it clear that he keeps his personal life personal and does not disclose who he is dating at any given time. Earlier in his career, he dated fellow recording artist and Texas native Kristen Kelly. They broke up, and since he has not said who he may be dating. Young recently posted on Instagram that he has been working out and lost 60 pounds.

    Earlier this year, he told us of his love life, “I would go as far as use opposed (to speaking about it). I don’t talk about my personal life. I keep that separate. Some people do, and some people don’t; I do. I will say that, yeah, there are totally times when a relationship or a situation I’ve been in influences my songs, and I think that’s important because it comes from a place of realism. I can sing it and mean it.”

  • Riley Green

    Riley is one handsome guy. Many think his trademark unshaven look resembles the Marlboro Man from the 1970s. He’s single, and as far as we know, he’s eligible, although rumors are that he started a relationship with a girlfriend in 2022. A girl did appear for a time on his social media. For the most part, it looks like the most important woman in his life is his mom, whom he wished a happy birthday just last week. He wrote, “Happy birthday to the lady that drove me to guitar lessons every week and took me to the Chinese place in the mall. Love you, momma. #youareappreciated.”

  • Morgan Wallen

    Morgan does have a toddler son from a previous relationship, but for the most part, he’s single and one of country music’s most sought-after. He said in a recent interview, “I had a girlfriend for a while. Not recently. That was the last one I had. I don’t have anybody right now. It’s kind of hard. Just how busy I’ve been. I got a son, an album, a tour; I’ve got all these things I do.”

    He added, “It’s really hard for me to make time for that. I want to, though. I think I’m coming up on my ‘settle down phase.’ We’ll see. I’m not in a hurry.”

    Wallen doesn’t post much about his personal life on Instagram, but now and then, he posts a sweet photo of his son Indigo and his dad.

Nancy Brooks has been working in the country music industry for almost 30 years. She has interviewed pretty much any country star you can think of. In the late 1990s, she started working with Dolly Parton. And yes, Nancy reports that Parton is as sweet as you would think. She loves her life in country music and has been backstage at every CMA Awards show since the late 1990s. Many of her stories are from her one-on-one interviews. She was there at the beginning of the incredible careers of many music superstars today, including Taylor Swift, Shania Twain, and Blake Shelton, and has interviewed them multiple times throughout the years.

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